The Deep

by Mari Hannah

'He was met by a million stars against the night sky, a sight so beautiful it made him weep. If he were to die tonight there was no better view.'

When Detectives David Stone and Frankie Oliver are called to Kielder Observatory to investigate skeletal remains found inside a barrel dumped in the water, they learn they're dealing with a death that happened decades ago.

But days later when another body turns up floating in Kielder Water, they realise this case is perhaps not as cold as they think.

With Stone taking on the first body in Northumberland, Frankie has to fly to Iceland to investigate the second - but how are these two deaths connected? And how do they tie in to the murder of Frankie's sister all those years ago?

416 pages, Hardcover

Published January 10, 2023

About the author

When an injury on duty ended my career as Probation Officer, I began writing. I am the author of the Kate Daniels and Ryan & O’Neil series published by Pan Macmillan and the Stone & Oliver series published by Orion. My debut, The Murder Wall, was written as a TV pilot for a BBC Drama Development Scheme - before the adaption. The novel won the Polari First Book Prize. Before becoming an author, I fell in love with scriptwriting and submitted speculative original dramas to the BBC Writersroom. I've also written a romantic comedy feature film that I hope will find a producer one day. In 2010, I won the Northern Writers' Award for my second novel, Settled Blood. And in 2017, I won the Dagger in the Library for my body of work. I'm represented by AM Heath literary agent, Oli Munson, and live in Northumberland with my partner, a former murder detective.